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[The Tower]

Originally Posted by dissention

I'm not Krista, but at one point, there were around 40 threads solely about those Vegas shows. Greg even counted them. I suggested merging them to tidy the board up, but was shot down. Now, there's thread after thread about Stevie's father. Why, I've no clue, when one or two would suffice. I think it's just a matter of it being difficult to wade through the board with so many threads about the exact same thing. JMO.

Originally Posted by DrummerDeanna

But at the same time it's also difficult to go wade through a thread that is 6+ pages long. I'm just sayin'

Of course, everyone could just not post and then we wouldn't have anything to worry about...

I like reading people's opinions. If I don't feel like slogging through a thread, I'll either skip it or maybe skim through it to see if there's anything of merit there. I like it when there's lots of debate and things get heated- that's what makes this place fun. If I wanted to read a sycophant board, I'd probably go somewhere else. Seriously, could you imagine how ridiculous this place would be if the threads read like this?:

"Did you see Stevie- wasn't she great?"
"Yeah, I loved her."
"Me too, I love her."
"Stevie RAWKS!"
"Long live the Goddess!"

and on, and on, and on..... If you want to see this type of board in action, go read the Heart Music board at the official site. It's the biggest yawn ever. No discourse, no commentary, no nothing.

Sometimes things get out of hand. I thought the whole Brown Eye era with 1/2 Insane around here was pretty bad. I don't like to see people start to feel bad about themselves because of specific things posted that only occur here. While I could give a **** about those two idiots, some of the personal things they said to specific people were not cool.

If someone can't handle it if Stevie or Lindsey or any artist gets dressed down, then they really need to take some inventory and reassess just how important these kinds of discussions are to one's life. If one is boo-hoo'ing because someone said Stevie looked fat or sounded croaky, perhaps one might want to take a step back.

I, for one, love the concept of trying to challenge Stevie and her fans to consistently demand great product and great performances from her. Her personal life? Meh. Don't really care about that.